Laughter and Derision
Community Cluster · 7 senses · 5 lemmas
Lemmas in this domain
† שְׂחֹק, שְׂחוֹק n.[m.] laughter, derision, sport (proposes inf. cstr.);—abs. שְׂחֹק Je 48:26 + 5 times; cstr. Ec 7:6; abs. שְׂחוֹק Je 20:7 + 7 times;— 1. laughter (joyous) Jb 8:21 (‖ תְּרוּעָה), ψ 126:2 (‖ רִנָּה), Ec 2:2 (‖ שִׂמְחָה), 10:19 (‖ שִׂמֵּחַ); as hollow Pr 14:13 (opp. כָּאַב), Ec 7:3 (opp. כַּעַס), cf. שׂ׳ הַכְּסִיל v 6. 2. (object of) derision, הָיָה לִשׂ׳, Je 20:7; 48:26, 27 (read לִשׂ׳ for MT הַשּׂ׳ 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Gie Du; Co del. vv), v 39 La 3:14; elsewhere Jb 12:4(×2). 3. sport Pr 10:23.
† [צָחַק] vb. laugh (Arabic ضَحِكَ, laugh, Syriac ܓܚܶܟ, cf. BaES 34; v. also שׂחק);— Qal Pf. 3 fs. צָֽחֲקָה Gn 18:13, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִצֲחַק־ Gn 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק 17:17; 3 fs. וַתִּצְחַק 18:12;—laugh, Gn 18:12, 13, 15(×2) (J), 17:17 (P); c. ל at, concerning, 21:6. Pi. Impf. וַיְצַחֵק Ju 16:25; Inf. cstr. לְצַחֵק Ex 32:6, (בִּי) לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ Gn 39:14, 17; Pt. מְצַחֵק Gn 19:14; 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק 21:9;— 1. jest Gn 19:14 (J). 2. sport, play Gn 21:9 (E); Ex 32:6 (J); make sport for Ju 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; ‖ וִישַׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Gn 26:8 (cf. DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, c. ב, 39:14, 17 (all J).
† צְחֹק n.[m.] laughter;—צְחֹק עָשָׂה לִי א׳ Gn 21:6 (E) laughter hath God caused for me; =laughing-stock, תִּהְיֶה לְצ׳ וּלְלַעַג Ez 23:32 (del. 𝔊B Hi Co Berthol Siegf Krae; not Toy).
γέλως, Aeolic dialect γέλος, ὁ, genitive γέλωτος, Attic dialect γέλω: dative γέλωτι, Epic dialect γέλω or γέλῳ Refs 8th c.BC+, poetry (and late Prose, Refs 8th c.BC+: (γελάω):—laughter, γέλῳ ἔκθανον Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄσβεστον γέλω (variant{γέλον}) ὦρσενRefs 8th c.BC+; γέλωτα ποιεῖν, μηχανᾶσθαι, κινεῖν, Refs 5th c.BC+; γέλων ξυντιθέναι, γέλωτα ἄγειν, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπὶ γέλωτι to provoke laughter, Refs 5th c.BC+; γέλωτος ἄξια ridiculous, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅμα or σὺν γέλωτι, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν γέλωτι προφέρειν in joke, Refs 1st c.AD+; πολὺς γ. loud laughter, Refs 5th c.BC+; μέγιστος, ἰσχυρὸς γ., Refs 5th c.BC+; Σαρδόνιος γ. (see. Σαρδόνιος); Αἰάντειος γ. a maniac's laugh, Refs 4th c.AD+ __2 metaphorically of waves, ={γέλασμα}, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II occasion of laughter, food for laughter, γ. γίγνομαί τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; ταῦτ᾽ οὐ γ. κλύειν ἐμο; Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς γ. τρέπειν, ἐμβάλλειν, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III dimple in the hinder parts, Refs 2nd c.AD+
† מִשְׂחָק n.[m.] object of derision, Hb 1:10.